2015–16 CEV Women's Challenge Cup

The 2015–16 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 36th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup".

Format The tournament was played on a knockout format, with a total of 46 teams participating. Initially 30 teams were allocated vacancies to enter the competition at the 'Qualification phase', with another 16 teams joining from the Women's CEV Cup entering the competition at the 'Main phase' stage (as per 'Round composition' below).

On 5 June 2015, a drawing of lots in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, determined the team's pairing for each match. Each team played a home and an away match with result points awarded for each leg (3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss). After two legs, the team with the most result points advanced to the next round. In case the teams were tied after two legs, a was played immediately at the completion of the second leg. The Golden Set winner is the team that first obtains 15 points, provided that the points difference between the two teams is at least 2 points (thus, the Golden Set is similar to a tiebreak set in a normal match).

Round composition 2nd Round: 30 teams 16th Final: 2nd Round winners (16 teams) + 16 teams from CEV Cup 8th Final onwards: winners

Participating teams A total of 46 teams participated, 30 were allocated direct places and 16 joined from the Women's CEV Cup entering at the 'Main phase'.

RankCountryNo. teamsTeams (rankings in 2014–15 national championships)Total12-2 Bursa BBSK (5) Trabzon İdmanocağı (6)21-1 Zarechie Odintsovo (4)3123 Béziers VB Nantes VB SF Paris Saint Cloud6112 Rote Raben Vilsbiburg VC Wiesbaden 8112 C.S.M. București C.S.M. Târgovişte9213 Sm Aesch Pfeffingen VFM Franches-Montagnes Viteos Neuchâtel Université10-22 Královo Pole Brno VK UP Olomouc112-2 Jedinstvo Stara Pazova KV Skenderaj 3-3 SVS Post Schwechat Ti-panoramabau Innsbruck UVC Holding Graz 3-3 Fatum Nyíregyháza Teva Gödöllõ Vasas Obuda Budapest 213 AEK Athens AON Pannaxiakos Naxos Olympiacos Piraeus 123 Asterix Kieldrecht Dauphines Charleroi Hermes Oostende 123 Eurosped TVT Almelo Sliedrecht Sport VC Sneek 2-2 Mladost Zagreb <br/ > OK Poreč 112 HPK Hämeenlinna <br/ > Wovo Rovaniemi 112 Haifa VC Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-1 Minchanka Minsk 1-1 ŽOK Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko 1-1 RSR Walfer 1-1 Stod Volley Steinkjer 1-1 AVC Famalicão 1-1 Naturhouse Ciudad de Logroño -11 Apollon Prestige Limassol -11 Kohila VC 1.Team qualified via CEV Cup entering the 16th Final.

Qualification phase

2nd round 1st leg (Team #1 home) 10–12 November 2015 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 24–26 November 2015 Match#Team #1  Results  Team #2 1 Bursa BBSK – – Bye 2 Mladost Zagreb 3 – 0 3 – 0 Teva Gödöllõ 3 RSR Walfer 1 – 3 2 – 3 Ti Meraner Volley Innsbruck 4 Sliedrecht Sport 1 – 3 2 – 3 Asterix Kieldrecht 5 CSM București 3 – 1 3 – 0 ŽOK Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko 6 Vasas Obuda Budapest 3 – 1 3 – 0 UVC Holding Graz 7 Minchanka Minsk 3 – 2 3 – 0 AEK Athens 8 AVC Famalicão 0 – 3 0 – 3 Rote Raben Vilsbiburg 9 Béziers Volley 3 – 2 0 – 3 Vfm Franches Montagnes 10 Trabzon İdmanocağı 3 – 0 3 – 0 Pannaxiakos 11 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3 – 0 3 – 0 KV Skenderaj 12 Naturhouse Ciudad de Logroño 2 – 3 1 – 3 Sm Aesch Pfeffingen 13 ŽOK Jedinstvo Stara Pazova 3 – 1 3 – 1 Fatum Nyíregyháza 14 OK Poreč 3 – 1 1 – 3 Golden Set: 15–11 SVS Post Schwechat 15* Stod Volley Steinkjer 0 – 3 0 – 3 Wovo Rovaniemi 16 Bye – – Zarechie Odintsovo *Note: Stod Volley Steinkjer withdrew from the competition. The CEV awarded Wovo Rovaniemi both matches by 3–0.match report first legmatch report second leg

Main phase In this stage of the competition, the sixteen qualified teams of the Qualification phase were joined by the sixteen losing teams from the 2015–16 Women's CEV Cup. Qualified via the Qualification phaseQualified via Women's CEV Cup Bursa BBSK Mladost Zagreb Ti Meraner Volley Innsbruck Asterix Kieldrecht CSM București Vasas Obuda Budapest Minchanka Minsk Rote Raben Vilsbiburg Vfm Franches Montagnes Trabzon İdmanocağı Hapoel Kfar Saba Sm Aesch Pfeffingen ŽOK Jedinstvo Stara Pazova OK Poreč Wovo Rovaniemi Zarechie Odintsovo Viteos Neuchâtel Université VC Sneek VK Královo Pole Brno HPK Hämeenlinna VC Wiesbaden Kohila VC Haifa VC CSM Târgovişte SF Paris Saint Cloud Nantes VB Dauphines Charleroi VK UP Olomouc Apollon Prestige Limassol Eurosped Tvt Almelo Olympiacos Piraeus Hermes Oostende

16th final 1st leg (Team #1 home) 8–10 December 2015 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 15–17 December 2015 Match#Team #1  Results  Team #2 17 Bursa BBSK 3 – 0 3 – 0 Apollon Prestige Limassol 18 Nantes VB 3 – 0 3 – 0 Mladost Zagreb 19 Viteos Neuchâtel Université 3 – 0 3 – 2 Ti Meraner Volley Innsbruck 20 Haifa VC 0 – 3 0 – 3 Asterix Kieldrecht 21 CSM București 3 – 2 3 – 0 VK Královo Pole Brno 22 Olympiacos Piraeus 3 – 0 3 – 1 Vasas Obuda Budapest 23 VC Wiesbaden 2 – 3 3 – 1 Minchanka Minsk 24 Rote Raben Vilsbiburg 0 – 3 3 – 0 Golden Set: 15–12 Dauphines Charleroi 25 Hermes Oostende 0 – 3 0 – 3 Vfm Franches Montagnes 26 Trabzon İdmanocağı 3 – 1 3 – 0 CSM Târgovişte 27 Kohila VC 3 – 1 0 – 3 Golden Set: 8–15 Hapoel Kfar Saba 28 Sm Aesch Pfeffingen 3 – 0 1 – 3 Golden Set: 15–12 HPK Hämeenlinna 29 SF Paris Saint Cloud 3 – 1 3 – 1 ŽOK Jedinstvo Stara Pazova 30 VK UP Olomouc 3 – 0 3 – 0 OK Poreč 31 Eurosped Tvt Almelo 3 – 0 3 – 2 Wovo Rovaniemi 32 Zarechie Odintsovo 3 – 0 3 – 1 VC Sneek

8th final 1st leg (Team #1 home) 19–21 January 2016 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 26–28 January 2016 Match#Team #1  Results  Team #2 33 Bursa BBSK 3 – 1 3 – 1 Nantes VB 34 Viteos Neuchâtel Université 2 – 3 0 – 3 Asterix Kieldrecht 35 Olympiacos Piraeus 3 – 0 1 – 3 Golden Set: 13–15 CSM București 36 Rote Raben Vilsbiburg 2 – 3 2 – 3 VC Wiesbaden 37 Vfm Franches Montagnes 0 – 3 0 – 3 Trabzon İdmanocağı 38 Hapoel Kfar Saba 2 – 3 1 – 3 Sm Aesch Pfeffingen 39 VK UP Olomouc 3 – 2 1 – 3 SF Paris Saint Cloud 40 Eurosped Tvt Almelo 0 – 3 0 – 3 Zarechie Odintsovo

4th final

1st leg (Team #1 home) 9–11 February 2016 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 23–25 February 2016 Match#Team #1  Results  Team #2 41 Asterix Kieldrecht 0 – 3 1 – 3 Bursa BBSK 42 VC Wiesbaden 0 – 3 0 – 3 CSM București 43 Sm Aesch Pfeffingen 0 – 3 0 – 3 Trabzon İdmanocağı 44 Zarechie Odintsovo 3 – 2 3 – 0 SF Paris Saint Cloud

Final phase

Semi-finals 1st leg (Team #1 home) 9 March 2016 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 13 March 2016 Match#Team #1  Results  Team #2 45 Bursa BBSK 1 – 3 0 – 3 CSM București 46 Zarechie Odintsovo 2 – 3 0 – 3 Trabzon İdmanocağı

Finals 1st leg (Team #1 home) 30 March 2016 2nd leg (Team #2 home) 3 April 2016 Match#Team #1  Results  Team #2 47 CSM București 3 – 1 3 – 1 Trabzon İdmanocağı 2015–16 CEV Women's Challenge Cup Champions CSM București 1st title

Awards Award Winner TeamMVP Jelena Blagojević Trabzon İdmanocağı

References

External links Challenge Cup 15-16